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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D568-D570 on May 21, 2003.
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Committee Meetings
WTO--NEGOTIATIONS ON AGRICULTURE STATUS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the status of the World Trade Organization Negotiations on Agriculture. Testimony was heard from Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; and Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Millennium Challenge Corporation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Alan P. Larson. Under Secretary, Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; and Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, AID.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the Architect of the Capitol (Not Capitol Visitor's Center). Testimony was heard from Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol.
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies held a hearing on Benefits and Costs of Transportation Options. Testimony was heard from Charles Nottingham, Associate Administrator, Policy, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 23, Tornado Shelters Act; H.R. 1276, amended, American Dream Downpayment Act; H.R. 1614, HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Main Street Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003; and H.R. 2120, Financial Contracts Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2003.
FUTURE OF KOSOVO
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Future of Kosovo. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Brogue, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State; Daniel Serwer, Director, Balkans Initiative, U.S. Institute of Peace; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following measures: H.J. Res. 4, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States; H.R. 361, amended, Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act; H. Res. 193, reaffirming support of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and anticipating the 15th anniversary of the enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987 (the Proxmire Act) on November 4, 2003; and H.R. 1115, amended, Class Action Fairness Act of 2003.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 1588, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, providing for further consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution and amendments en bloc described in section 2 of the resolution. The rule provides that amendments printed in the report shall be considered only in the order printed in the report
(except as specified in section 3 of the resolution), may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule provides that each amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for 10 minutes
(unless otherwise specified in the report) equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment (except that the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services each may offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further debate on any pending amendment). The rule waives all points of order against amendments printed in the report and those amendments en bloc as described in Section 2 of the resolution.
The rule authorizes the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the report, or germane modifications thereto, which shall be considered as read (except that modifications shall be reported), shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their designees, and shall not be subject to amendment or demand for a division of the question. The rule provides that, for the purpose of inclusion in such amendments en bloc, an amendment printed in the form of a motion to strike may be modified to the form of a germane perfecting amendment to the text originally proposed to be stricken and that the original proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to recognize for consideration of any amendment printed in the report, out of the order printed, but not sooner than one hour after the chairman of the Armed Services Committee or his designee announces from the floor a request to that effect. Finally, the rule provides a motion to recommit with or without instructions.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION--CONFERENCE REPORT JOBS AND GROWTH TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2003
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution waiving clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The resolution applies the waiver to any special rule reported on the legislative day of Thursday, May 22, 2003, providing for consideration or disposition of H.R. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, any amendment thereto, any conference report thereon, or any amendment reported in disagreement from a conference thereon.
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS OF 2003
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 3, a closed rule on H.R. 2185, to extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 providing one hour of debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the following bills: S. 703, to designate the regional headquarters building for the National Park Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the ``Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building;'' H.R. 1082, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 2115, amended, Flight 100--
Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act.
The Committee also approved U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey resolutions.
SAFE AND FLEXIBLE TRANSPORTATIONEFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines continued overview hearings on the Administration's Proposed Reauthorization bill (SAFETEA), (Part 111). Testimony was heard from Jenna Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation.
HOMELAND SECURITY SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY PREPARING FUTURE
Select Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development held an oversight hearing on
``Homeland Security Science and Technology: Preparing for the Future.'' Testimony was heard from Charles McQueary, Under Secretary, Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security.
Joint Meetings
U.S. ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of the U.S. economy and future economic policy, focusing on dividend tax relief and capped exclusions, deflation, and small business tax rates, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
